Are you looking for Phenix City obituaries and death records? While this is very useful in researching a family name, you are actually limited in what you can find when you search only for basic information. Phenix City obituaries, unlike death records, contain detailed information about the person's life - not just the name and date of death. In fact, Phenix City, AL newspaper articles originally published Alabama obituaries. A fairly recent phenomenon is the archiving of these Phenix City obituaries, first through microfilm, and then through online databases.
Phenix City obituaries include personal information on the character of the deceased and the accomplishments to his/her name. For example, Phenix City, Alabama obituaries might reveal to you that the subject was born in 1957, and that she had four siblings. Phenix City, Alabama obituaries further detail where the woman in question grew up, attended schools and worked.